4. He sweeps her hair back from her ears; he swings her above his head. he says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years.

― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

5. When my father didn’t have my hand…he had my back.

— Linda Poindexter

6. A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

― Enid Bagnold

7. A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.

― Ama H. Vanniarachchy

8. What happens to the mind after bereavement makes no sense until later... what the mind does after losing one's father isn't just to pick new fathers from the world, but pick new selves to love them with.

― Helen Macdonald

9. The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

— David Duchovny

10. Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.

― Anonymous

11. When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.”

― Shannon Celebi

12. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn’t afraid to go into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He took lots of pictures…but he was never in them.

— Erma Bombeck

13. My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun.

— Bindi Irwin

14. I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

― Hedy Lamarr

15. He was a loving father, but he did his loving in private. Quietly, he would tell his daughter to drive safely. On her wedding day, when he walked her down the aisle, he'd whisper the words to her. But today, above the noise, he would have to shout it.